Soda-fountain.



E.R.GLBNN.

SODA FOUNTAIN. 4

APPLIGATION FILED APn.4,-191o.

Patented my 28, 1912.A

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

v' E. Rx GLENN.

SODA FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION rILBD Amm. 1910.

Patented May 28, 19124 2 SHEETS-SHEET Z UNITED STAEPATENCD y,

EDMOND R. GLENN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SSIGNQR TO CABINET AND IIX'JIHHLV MANUFACTURING COMPANY, DF

PORA'IION O1? MISSOURI.

KANsAsjcm,-mssoUu, A -con- Specification of Letters Potent. i `Patented Mayui 1912.

Appncanon mee prix 4,1910. y serial Nd. 553360.

use the same, reference being had to the -ac'- compunying drawings, and tothe. letters and figures of referent'ze marked thereon, which form e partot' this specification.

My invention relates t0 v sode fountains or apparatus for'storing, cooling gmdrdispensing soda water, other drinks,.yand ice cream, and has for itsprincipalohject to providean apparatus of this' character wherein brine from the sjalted ice delivered 1n the ice cream tubs may be used as are frigerating ugent. for cooling the Syrups andsoda water.

A. further object is to provide other im proved combina-tions, arrangements, and constructions of ports, preferred formsofwhich are hereinafter'described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A valuable economy attaches to the use of my novel cooling system, 'which consists in provision of 4suitable means for the utilizal a 'n tlon of the salted ice 1n which etiche-,in oi;

ice creamjs packed when delivered to the fountain. In this apparatus the salted iro from the tubs is packed about. the ice-cream can packers surrounding the ice-cream vans and serves its usuel purpose in the npparotus,l71t the brine which is produced hy the melting of such ice is utilized in thenlppnratos tor the additional purpose mentioned.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a rear perspective View of an apparatus constructed according to my invention, the various chambers thereof being closml.' Fig. II is e Vertical longitudinal section ot a por-- tion of the apparatus, on the line `II-II of,

V, the syrup jars being in elevation. Fig'. III is a. vertical section through one of the ice cream chemin on the line iii-WI ii oi Fig. l'. Fig'. LV is a vertical sectional sfiew on the linr IVW-IV of Fig. ILsliowinp,` also the front ol the structure. 'Figi'. V is :i vertical sectional view on the line Vm-V ot i Fig. II, showing elsothe front ofthe structure. Fig. VI 1S a horizontal sectional `View on the line VIVI of Fig. V, broken away.

` Referring more in det-,ail tov the l'parts In Fig. I, l designates the slab upon which theclrinks areserved; 2, the draft stand; 3,4

the rear Walls ot' the ice creainchambers; `and 4, two slidahle work-boards,arranged at the sides ofthe sink, 5,.,whicl1 islocated at'the rear of the fountain. At the vrespective sides of the sink 5 are tivo cold storage compartments, V6, which havefthe rear ,Walls 6 v:ind have communication with each other beneath the sink. shown. For (,:lenijness of illustration, the tubes-leading to and from this cooler `arev omitted.

9 designates the ice receptacles, embedded in soxnesnitable-'heut insulating material, as, Nonpareil` cork or the like, l0, which is seperated from the Vessel at the 'front and bottom hy thejwooden lagging12.A `The mass of cork inclosed in :L wooden box or cahinet 13, which'is covered hy the niarhie slabs 1, 3 and 14. Fixed wilh-` in each of .saidholders 9, `and of lesser diameter, is an icc creampuclteljl, l which is preferably, ,ne sheet metal `and provided with numerous apertures 1 6 tlnouglrWhieh A holders, WhichiV are v forwardly inclinedandconsist ot sheet metal the'brinemaypass trom the surrounding.

annular space 2() formedV by" the ice lholder und pocker. A

Located in the'hottom of the packer are) the spring clamp fingers 15"` yt'or centering und holding the ice cream con 1f) therein :muy `trom the packer so as to provide nu annular. lnine reservoir sluroumlingj the icc cream can. Closing the packer, at lhcfzop', isa lid 1S, which projects tl'irough on open-- ing in the annular cover 17 ot the holder 5). .in practice. the space Q0 is to he filled: with the snltcdice which is delivered in it 'tub :Xiong with the ice-cream liy the purveyor thereof and the cold hrine therefrom passes through the apertures 16 in the packer and surrounds .the ice-cream can 1E).

As shown in Fig. V, the sink 5 is provided 'with a slxirlayer ot cork 22, which rests upon a horizontal partition Q3. Between the sink and the soda: cooler tank 'i' is a (fork partition 24, :uid the entire front and hottoxn of the apparatus are .lined `with sheet metal and interlined with loyers of cork, designated 25 and 2C. The rear Walls of the cold storage compartments 6 are also lined with cork 2 7, as seen in Figs. IV and V. By the terni cork is meant, of course, any equivalent inaterial," for protecting the contained parts from the l'iigher teinperatu re of the outside air. At the end of'each work-board 4 is a plate or shelf 28, having` openings adapted to hold therein a spoon holder 2S) and a disher holder v30. 1 ff 3l designatesthe syrup jars, and 32, the syrup pumps mounted thereon, said pumps having the faucets 33. The rows of syrup jars are covered rearwardly by metallic doors 34,(having latches whereby they are held in position. 3l .designates ifruit jars which are conveniently located as illustrated in the drawings.

Between the -ice-cream compartments at the front ofthe fountain, and above the Vhorizontal front partition 23,is a brine tank 37,Which I preferably constructwith sheet metal sides, bottom and tops, the top plates 38 providing the bottoni plates of the jar supporting frames being so located that the bottoms of the syrup jars 3l rest thereon, as shown. In the brine tank37 is a soda cooler 8, of ordinary-constrllotion, connected by tubes not shown with the draft ystand and the supply. in whatever part of the tank will impart the desired coldness to the so'da. A drain pipe 45 descends from the bottom of the sink 5 and ends in a sewer connection 4G. At the normal level of the brine 47 in tank 37 flush with the under surface Vof the top plates 38 of the tank 37, is the upper end of an overfiow pipe 48, which passes downward, then rearwardly to connect with pipe 45.' At one side of the sink is a slop chute 49 which opens into atank 50, from the bottom of'which a drain pipe 51 leads to and Within tank 50 is prevents lemon and clogging the drain connects with pipe 45. awire basket 50 which orange peel, etc., from pipe 5l. i

52 designates my, improved chipped-ice holder, shown in section in Fig. V and rear elevation in Fig. I. This holder is mounted enaI hinge 53 at the stays in its closed When chipped ice is required, the attendant This cooler may be placed bottom thereof, and position by gravity.' y

grasps the knob thereof and tilts the holder outwardly.

The operation of the brine 54, which is formed by the melting salt: ice, will be readily understood, by reference to Fig. Il. The brine in each vessel 9 passes through orifice 4l in the end 40 of the adjacent brine tank 37 into the tank, cooling the syrup jars 31, and overflows through the pipe 48 into the pipe'45. The level of the brine in this tank is kept at a certain height so as to `be constantly in contact with the under suruface of the top plates 38 of the tank forming the bottoni plates of the jar supporting frames by the overflow pipe 48, aiu` .as iee is constantly melting around the lee-cream eai'isfpthere will be a flow of cold brine through the tank 37 against the under sur* face'of the top plates 38, between `the inner ends of the top plates 38 and into the overtiow pipe 48. Thesoda cooler 8, being always submerged in the cold brine, cools the carbonated water which is conducted into the draft stand by a tube, not shown'.

Haring thus described my invent-ion, what I clai i1 as new therein and desire to secure byL lters-Patent is l. lln a soda fountain comprising a salted ice holder, an apertured icc cream can packer located in the holder and spaced therefrom so as to-provide a salted iceirescrvoir be tweenthc holder and the apertured packer and having spring clamping lingers for centering and spacing the ice cream can away from the apcrtured packer.

2. A soda fountain comprisinv salted ice'holder, a brine tank in comnnmication with the holder, a top plate for the tank providing a bottom plate for a jar supporting frame, and an overllow pipe having its top tiush with the under surface ofthe top 'plate so as to cause the brine from the holder to contact with the under surface of the top plate, for cooling the latter as' the brine passes from the holder to the overtlow pipe.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDMonn R. GLENN.

'Witnesses MYRTLE M. JACKSON, E.' A. CAHILL. 

